LRHS hosts a Hall-oween trick-or-treating event every year, where clubs decorate classroom doors and hand out candy–similar to a trunk-or-treat. Most honor societies participate in the event, and they give their hardworking members an opportunity to buy themselves some service hours by donating candy.
“It’s honestly a really good deal. You go out, spend $20.00 on candy and get two more hours towards your end-of-year goal, so time commitment required,” said Billy Jackson, junior.
Most honor societies require anywhere between 10-20 service hours by the end of the year for members to retain their membership. Normally, these hours would be achieved through time dedicated to service activities–like volunteering at a food bank or soup kitchen–but if students are given an opportunity to get out of actual work, they’re definitely going to take it…